A lot of people seem to think cryonics is at least worth taking seriously, but still don’t make arrangements.
For those people: what’s the real blocker? Cost? Insurance? Family? Trust in providers? Uncertainty about the science? Or just procrastination?
A lot of people seem to think cryonics is at least worth taking seriously, but still don’t make arrangements.
For those people: what’s the real blocker? Cost? Insurance? Family? Trust in providers? Uncertainty about the science? Or just procrastination?
At some point, something makes cryonics go from “obviously crazy” to “okay, maybe worth thinking about.”
Was it a book, a person, a paper, getting older, losing someone, thinking about medicine differently?
What was your moment?
At some point, something makes cryonics go from “obviously crazy” to “okay, maybe worth thinking about.”
Was it a book, a person, a paper, getting older, losing someone, thinking about medicine differently?
What was your moment?
What should cryonics organizations publish more openly?
Case reports, protocol details, standby timelines, CT scan data, funding structure, long-term storage governance, failure cases, what would actually help people evaluate the field more seriously?
What should cryonics organizations publish more openly?
Case reports, protocol details, standby timelines, CT scan data, funding structure, long-term storage governance, failure cases, what would actually help people evaluate the field more seriously?
We work in cryopreservation, and one thing we notice is that criticism of cryonics is not always about the science.
Sometimes it becomes moral very quickly: is it reasonable to spend personal money on an uncertain future option?
From our side, we see cryopreservation as a personal end-of-life choice, as long as people understand the uncertainty.
Why do you think cryonics gets judged morally in a way many other personal choices do not?
We work in cryopreservation, and one thing we notice is that criticism of cryonics is not always about the science.
Sometimes it becomes moral very quickly: is it reasonable to spend personal money on an uncertain future option?
From our side, we see cryopreservation as a personal end-of-life choice, as long as people understand the uncertainty.
Why do you think cryonics gets judged morally in a way many other personal choices do not?
We work in cryopreservation, and one thing we notice is that criticism of cryonics is not always about the science.
Sometimes it becomes moral very quickly: is it reasonable to spend personal money on an uncertain future option?
From our side, we see cryopreservation as a personal end-of-life choice, as long as people understand the uncertainty.
Why do you think cryonics gets judged morally in a way many other personal choices do not?
It´s not "freezing" tho. It´s vitrifying ;)
Not “do you believe in cryonics?” but who would make the conversation hardest: parents, partner, kids, friends?
Not “do you believe in cryonics?” but who would make the conversation hardest: parents, partner, kids, friends?
Not “do you believe in cryonics?” but who would make the conversation hardest: parents, partner, kids, friends?
Every generation has technologies that seem impossible until they become normal.
Every generation has technologies that seem impossible until they become normal.
It is indeed a interesting topic hahah
It is indeed an interesting subject hahaha
What’s the biggest misconception you’ve heard about cryonics?
Ours is probably that we “freeze people while they’re still alive”
Which is… very much not how any of this works
What’s the biggest misconception you’ve heard about cryonics?
Ours is probably that we “freeze people while they’re still alive”
Which is… very much not how any of this works